Curriculum Vitae

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Aaron Marsden – Theatre Design

 

Musical Theatre

School of Rock Musical

St Ignatius College, Riverview

Director Kirk Hume

Ramsay Theatre May – June ‘23

 

Theatre

Why Does the Queen Die?

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Writer and Director Iain Burnside

The Schubert Project, Oxford Oct ‘14

 

The Maids

Director Ruth Sutherland

Theatro Technis, Camden Nov ‘11

 

Macbeth

Director Ruth Sutherland

St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch ‘11

 

Brassed Off

Director Christopher Rolls

Lichfield Garrick, Lichfield, Apr ‘10

 

Counterfeit Skin

Director Kirrie Written

Courtyard Theatre, Old St, Jan – Feb ‘08

 

Truckstop

Director Christopher Rolls

Edinburgh Fringe, UK tour,

Unicorn and Hampstead, Aug-Nov ‘07

 Film

Moulin Rouge!

Director Baz Luhrmann

Production Designer, Catherine Martin

Design and Conceptual Research

Model Maker and Set Designer

Bazmark Inq / Fox Studios

Sep ’98 – May ’00

 

Opera

Benvenuto Cellini

English National Opera

Co Set Design with Terry Gilliam

Director Terry Gilliam

London Coliseum Jan – Jun ‘14

Dutch National Opera                     May 2015

Liceu Barcelona                                Nov 2015

Teatro Dell’Opera di Rome           Mar 2016

Opéra de Paris                               Mar 2018

 

Spring Opera Scenes

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Director Ian Rutherford

Milton Court Studio

Oct ’12 – Mar ‘13

 

The Face

Director Ian Rutherford

Grays Inn, Holborn Oct ‘12

 

Trouble in Tahiti + Arias and Barcarolles

Psappha

Director Elaine Tyler-Hall

Lancaster + Queen Elizabeth Hall, Mar ‘10

Buxton Festival, Jul ’10

 

Orpheus and Eurydice

Director Elaine Tyler-Hall

Blackheath Halls, Jul ’09

 

The Lighthouse

Psappha

Director Elaine Tyler-Hall

Orkney Festival, Jun ’09

Buxton Festival, ’09

 

La Traviata

Riverside Opera

Director Elaine Tyler-Hall

Epsom Theatre, May ’09

 

Opera Scenes

Birkbeck College

Director Mike Ashman

Brompton Oratory Theatre, Apr ‘09

 

La Bohéme

Blackheath Halls

Director Ian Rutherford

Blackheath Halls, Jul ‘08

 

Eugene Onegin

Riverside Opera

Director Elaine Tyler-Hall

Richmond Theatre, Mar ’07

 

Theatre Australia

Bach Fest

Director Ken Healey

Sydney University, Mar ’98

 

 Bridges

Director Lee Biolas

Stables Theatre, Feb ’98

 

Othello

Director Adam Cook

Nida Theatre, Jul ’97

 

The Way I Was

Director Lucian Savron

Nida Theatre, Dec ’96

 

 Opera Australia

Carmen – Opera in the Park

Director David Crooks

Opera Australia

The Domain, Jan ’99

 

Associate Set Design

Wild

Hampstead Theatre

Designer – Miriam Buether

Jan – June ‘16

 

This House by James Graham

National Theatre, London

Designer - Rae Smith

Feb ‘13

 

The Commitments Musical

Palace Theatre, London

Designer - Soutra Gilmour

Jan – Oct ‘13

National Tour UK and Ireland 2016

 

Macbeth

National Theatre, London

and National Tour

Designer – Rae Smith

 

Translations

National Theatre

Designer – Rae Smith

 

Installation Art

Sculpture

Mutiny at the Barge House

Oxo Tower Wharf

London, Jan ’03

 

Sculpture

Unlock the Red Door

The Crypt, St Pancras Church

London, Nov ’02

 

Sculpture- Regenerate

Unearthed - Eden Gardens

Sydney, Nov ’22 – May ‘23

Awarded the People’s Choice Prize

 

Education

Bachelor of Theatre Design

National Institute of Dramatic Art

Feb ’95 – Dec ’97

 

Associate Diploma of Architectural Draughting

Technical and Further Education

Jul – Dec ’94

 

Introduction TV/Motion Picture Production

Screen Production Academy

Jun ’93

 

Model Making / Design Assisting

 Lizzie Clachan

Absolute Hell             National Theatre

 

Tom Pye

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  Harold Pinter

Aida                         English National Opera

 

Miriam Buether

The Children                                 Royal Court

Wild                                  Hampstead Theatre

Haunting of Hill House       Everyman Theatre

 

Lucy Osborne

Les Misérables Wermland Opera, Sweden

Privacy  Donmar Warehouse in NY

The Pacifists Guide to the War on Cancer NT

Private Lives                                    ATG Tour

 

Rae Smith

The Weir  Gate Theatre, Dublin

Nightfall  Bridge Theatre

Season’s Greetings

War Horse Tour,

This House

The Veil 

St George and the Dragon

Translations

Macbeth

Macbeth Tour    National Theatre

                                        

Katrina Lindsay

All’s Well That Ends Well     Royal Shakespeare Co

The Magistrate

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Dara                                    

Mosquitoes                                        

The Fruit Project                   National Theatre

 

Paul Brown

The Magic Flute                                 Salzburg

Lucio Silla Santa Fe Opera

 

Peter J Davison

Wales Millennium Opening         Welsh Opera

Cyrano De Bergerac                       Met Opera

La Boheme Royal Albert Hall

Democracy                            National Theatre

 

Mark Thompson

Bombay Dreams  Broadway Theatre NY

Duchess of Malfi                   National Theatre

Sound of Music Really Useful Group

Anthony Ward

Magic Flute                               Glyndebourne

Gypsy  Shubert Theatre NY

My Fair Lady                         National Theatre 

 

Soutra Gilmour

Strictly Ballroom the Musical  West Yorkshire Playhouse

The Commitments                      Place Theatre

The Commitments tour                     UK, Ireland

Les Blancs                            National Theatre

Iris Opera Holland Park

Reasons to be Happy      Hampstead Theatre

I See You                                      Royal Court

Jekyll and Hyde Old Vic Theatre

Bull   Young Vic Theatre

Playhouse Transformed              ATG Season

The Maids  Trafalgar Transformed

Duchess of Malfi    Old Vic Theatre

School for Scandal  Theatre Royal Bath

Torch Song Trilogy  Menier Choc Factory

Cyrano de Bergerac       American Airlines, NY

A Taste of Honey                 Sheffield Theatre

Maestro      Linbury Studio ROH

Antigone                                National Theatre

Bull                                       Sheffield Theatre

Merrily We Roll Along                Menier Choc Factory

Strange Interlude                  National Theatre

The Commitments                   Palace Theatre

From Here to Eternity                  Shaftesbury Theatre

Urinetown         St James Theatre

Candide    Royal Shakespeare Co

Macbeth       Trafalgar Transformed

The Pride    Trafalgar Transformed

A Masked Ball  Royal Opera House

 

Thaddeus Strassburger

JFK         Fort Worth Opera

Rigoletto            Staatstheater Braunschweig

La Clemenza di Tito                        LA Opera

Girl of the Golden West               Opera China

         

Tim Goodchild

The Nutcracker                 Houston Ballet

 

Leslie Travers

I Puritani                       Welsh National Opera

Manon Lescaut                  La Scala

 

Stewart Laing

Tosca                                                  Sweden

Trojans part l               English National Opera

 

 Lez Brotherston

Tonight’s the Night                 Victoria Palace

The Little Mermaid               Disney Theatrical

 

Transformation                    National Theatre